Despite Emmeline Pankhurst’s best efforts to achieve equal rights for women more than a century ago, we’re still fighting for equality in job opportunities, our pay packets and even our healthcare.
At best, this is frustrating, but it can have serious consequences. ‘Gender bias in healthcare can have a significant negative impact on diagnosis and quality of healthcare women receive,’ says Dr Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women – A Journey Through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World*. Even though we’re living longer than men, women have a higher rate of ill health during their lifetime, and it’s thought gender discrimination is a contributor.
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Why is this happening? What impact is it having on women’s health and what can we do to
